6.1. Candida albicans

6.1.1. Encounter

Part of normal flora

Patients at high risk are patients with malignancies, organ or bone transplants, AIDS, burns, operations, trauma, long-term use of IV or intra-arterial catheters, or being treated with broad spectrum antibiotics

6.1.2. Spread

Phagocytosis by neutrophils is the main mechanism to prevent spread of infection